[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] linux/compat.h: port lower_32_bits and upper_32_bits from Linux

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri Jun 13 23:32:06 CEST 2014


Dear Lijun Pan,

In message <31b1cf51fd954208b6140035eb705888 at DM2PR03MB368.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> you wrote:
> 
> > BTW: what exactly are the license terms for this code?
> 
> The code taken from Linux is using GPLv2.

Are you sure about this?

I think these functions were copied from include/linux/kernel.h - is
this correct?  In this case there would be no explicit license terms
(there is no license header in that file), so we assume the global
project wide license applies?

Especially as include/linux/compat.h contains no license tag either we
should clearly document this.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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